Given before the Senate Finance Committee Providing Equal Wages for Tipped Workers Is Vital to Reducing Poverty Eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers would promote income equality for women and increase Maryland’s tax revenue (aiding the state in providing
Given before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee Modernizing Maryland’s Individual Income Tax Rates Provides Relief for Middle Class Families Maryland’s current individual income tax rates ask the most from those who can least afford it. Low- and middle-income households pay
Given before the House Judiciary Committee Second Chances are Vital to Our Economy Marylanders who have paid their dues for non-violent criminal misdemeanors struggle for years afterward to return to the workforce and become productive members of society because of
Given before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee Freezing the estate tax exemption would increase equality, help Maryland’s economy The estate tax exemption should be frozen at $1.5 million—a level which exempts more than 97 percent of estates—to support Maryland’s
Given before the Budget and Taxation Committee Taxing Natural Gas Extration Helps Pay for Side Effects Fracking—the extraction of natural gas and other products through the injection of pressurized fluid into rock—appears increasingly likely to come to Maryland, and if
Given before the House Ways and Means Committee Corporate Tax Cut Would Harm Maryland’s Economic Growth Because corporate tax cuts do not create jobs and build a strong economy, while reducing the resources needed to invest in what does, the
Given before the Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee A State Public Information Act Compliance Board Would Increase Transparency By Protecting Access to Information Openness and accountability are fundamental pillars of an effective and ethical democracy. The reverse is also
Modernizing Maryland’s Individual Income Tax Rates Provides Relief for Middle Class Families The Maryland Center on Economic Policy Supports House Bill 240 Maryland’s current individual income tax rates ask the most from those who can least afford it. Low- and middle-income households
Business Relief and Tax Fairness Act Will Create A Fair and Effective Corporate Tax Structure Given before the House Ways and Means Committee The Maryland Center on Economic Policy Supports House Bill 663 House Bill 663 would create a fairer,
Position Statement Supporting House Bill 730 Given before the House Ways and Means Comittee The estate tax exemption should be frozen at $1.5 million — a level that exempts more than 97 percent of estates — to protect Maryland’s vital investments
